The Gothic and the everyday : living Gothic / edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand and Maria Beville, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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TextSeries: Palgrave gothic seriesPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Description: xi, 260 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781137406637
- 1137406631
- 306.1 GOT
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 306.1 GOT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 30/06/2020 | 39002100482794 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Gothic and the Everyday aims to regenerate interest in the Gothic within the experiential contexts of history, folklore, and tradition. By using the term 'living', this book recalls a collection of experiences that constructs the everyday in its social, cultural, and imaginary incarnations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: living Gothic / Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Maria Beville -- Uncanny histories. Trauma, Gothic, revolution / David Punter -- Uncanny communities: empire and its others / Kristy Butler -- Gothic memory and the contested past: framing terror / Maria Beville -- The abhuman city: Peter Ackroyd\'s Gothic historiography of London / Ashleigh Prosser -- Legends, folklore, and tradition. Spectral pumpkins: cultural icons and the Gothic everyday / Lorna Piatti-Farnell -- The doll\'s uncanny soul / Susan Yi Sencidiver -- Ghosting the nation: La llorona, popular culture, and the spectral anxiety of Mexican identity / Enrique Ajuria Ibarra -- A dark domesticity: echoes of folklore in Irish contemporary Gothic / Tracy Fahey -- Gothic remains. Architecture and the romance of Gothic remains: John Carter and the gentleman\'s magazine, 1797-1817 / Dale Townshend -- Morbid dining: writing the haunted history of last meals / Donna Lee Brien -- Gothic remains in South Asian English fiction / Tabish Khair -- Haunting and the (im)possibility of Maori Gothic / Misha Avka.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- Notes on Contributors (p. viii)
- Introduction: Living Gothic (p. 1)
- Part I Uncanny Histories
- 1 Trauma, Gothic, Revolution (p. 15)
- 2 Uncanny Communities: Empire and Its Others (p. 33)
- 3 Gothic Memory and the Contested Past: Framing Terror (p. 52)
- 4 The Abhuman City: Peter Ackroyd's Gothic Historiography of London (p. 69)
- Part II Legend, Folklore, and Tradition
- 5 Spectral Pumpkins: Cultural Icons and the Gothic Everyday (p. 85)
- 6 The Doll's Uncanny Soul (p. 103)
- 7 Ghosting the Nation: La Llorona, Popular Culture, and the Spectral Anxiety of Mexican Identity (p. 131)
- 8 A Dark Domesticity: Echoes of Folklore in Irish Contemporary Gothic (p. 152)
- Part III Gothic 'Remains'
- 9 Architecture and the Romance of Gothic Remains: John Carter and The Gentleman's Magazine, 1797-1817 (p. 173)
- 10 Morbid Dining: Writing the Haunted History of Last Meals (p. 195)
- 11 Gothic Remains in South Asian English Fiction (p. 215)
- 12 Haunting and the (Im)possibility of Maori Gothic (p. 225)
- Works Cited (p. 241)
- Index (p. 257)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Lorna Piatti-Farnell is Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is President of the Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia, and Gothic Area Chair for the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ). She is also Editor in Chief of Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies. Her publications to date include three monographs, Food and Culture in Contemporary American Fiction (2011), Beef: A Global History (2013), and The Vampire in Contemporary Popular Literature (2014). She is currently editing a collection on The Lord of the Rings and fan cultures, and working on a new monograph on food and horror in contemporary film.Maria Beville is Lecturer in English Literature at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests lie primarily at the intersections of Gothic studies, cultural theory, and contemporary fiction and film. Her books include The Unnameable Monster in Literature and Film (2013) and Gothic-postmodernism (2009). As co-ordinator of the Centre for Studies in Otherness, she is also editor-general of the journal Otherness: Essays and Studies. She is currently working on a study of the Gothic in relation to participatory cultures as evidenced in recent popular horror texts.